After watching this film, I checked it out on IMDb and just had to comment. I don't understand some of these negative reviews! And I shouldn't even call them reviews; they're just flat out rude! I could understand writing an opinion but to put down a person and her film like that is just ridiculous. There are films you like and there are films you don't. Personally, I REALLY enjoyed it! I'm a dog lover and I tell you any dog lover would enjoy this film. It's cute, adorable, and funny. Gayle is such a character! I think she is born for reality TV! The film is also very educational (really informative). I never knew there was such a thing as therapy dogs. I looked it up online after watching the movie and yup there are! It was very interesting to see everyone's reactions to Chelsea throughout her life, especially after 9/11 in the hospitals. Throughout the film, Gayle and Chelsea simply lived their lives, and once 9/11 hit Gayle realizes the true power Chelsea had on people. And I think it's safe to say that we all realized a lot of things that day. 9/11 changed everyone. In my opinion, I think this film was pretty good and had a good mix of many different kinds of documentary and reality TV styles. Very well done. I'd recommend seeing it. As for the bad reviews, it's a matter of opinion. And just ignore the rude comments. If you're a dog lover, you'll really enjoy this film. I did! =) Enjoy the life through the eyes of therapy dog! Really cool! FIVE STARS!

I first saw Gayle Kirschenbaum's "A Dog's Life" at a film festival screening where it wowed the audience. I laughed out loud with everyone in that packed theater during Acts One & Two. In the beginning, this is a breezy entertaining documentary from one of our best filmmaking satirists. Its premise: a mischievous self-promoting celebrity dog "Chelsea" is searching for love in the Big Apple... or at least for doggy companionship... just like her frustrated director/forty-something mother has been doing for years. But then, the story moves from funny and risqué to tragic unexpectedly, when in the middle of filming in their Greenwich Village neighborhood, 911 happens. Act Three moved me to tears. Gayle and Chelsea immediately volunteer to help with the rescue, and because of their big hearts and kindness, they begin to perform miracles. I highly recommend this film to dog lovers and human being lovers everywhere.

This movie is fantastic. It starts out as a gal and her dog looking for love around New York City (Only in New York are people willing to videotape how crazy they are). She dresses the dog, bathes with the dog, puts a camera on the dog (which is thankfully not the majority of the movie) At first it is a little vain, annoying, but very funny, but then the film turns another direction after a day of taping downtown and they capture 9/11. They turn their focus outward and the film becomes about the healing powers of love, how love can come from anywhere, and how anyone can make a the world a better place. Most touching scene is definitely the hospice, and to summarize it would not do it justice. Great movie, check it out.

When I read the movie billed as a documentary about a lady who puts a camera on her dog's head and makes a movie from her (the dog's) perspective, I thought this movie sounded interesting. Oh my god, was I tricked.This movie was a complete waste in every sense. I am so angry for having paid to rent the DVD. I am angry for the time lost watching the movie. I'm angry for the time wasted talking about it here. I only hope this saves another innocent viewer from subjecting themselves to what has to be one of the worst movies ever put on a DVD. I suppose it could be said that an extremely bad movie could be considered interesting solely due to the extremity of it's badness. Not the case here. It is simply a bore.